About
Challenge Island offers onsite field trips with standard-aligned, cross-curricular STEAM activities on school grounds. It also offers after school enrichment, family engagement events, camps, Challenge Island Book Series Programs, Slimetopia® by Challenge Island, Girl Scout workshops for Daisies, Brownies, Juniors, and Cadettes, and STEAM-themed birthday parties.
Programs
- Onsite Field Trips — K-12 · Standard-aligned, cross-curricular STEAM field trips on school grounds.
- After School Enrichment — Weekly STEAM teams tackle challenges using materials in their treasure chests and imaginations.
- Family Engagement — Multi-generational family engagement and parental involvement events.
- Camps — STEAM camps offered when school is out.
- Challenge Island Book Series Programs — Book series field trips that bring the Challenge Island stories to life in the classroom.
- Slimetopia® by Challenge Island — Slimetopia STEAM Camp by Challenge Island.
- Girl Scout Workshops — Badge and journey workshops for Daisies, Brownies, Juniors and Cadettes.
- Birthday Parties — STEAM-themed birthday parties.
At a glance
- Ages: 5–18 years old
About the provider
Challenge Island started in Sharon Duke Estroff’s 2nd grade classroom in Atlanta, GA in 2002, and the company began franchising in 2013. Sharon Duke Estroff M.A.T. is the CEO and Founder of Challenge Island. The mission is to meet the comprehensive social, emotional, and intellectual needs of today’s playful, creative child and tomorrow’s globally successful adult through cross-curricular STEAM education. The program is described as the World’s #1 STEAM Program, award-winning, found in 20,000 schools and organizations, and ranked on Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500. It also supports family engagement in schools and encourages parent involvement in schools.
What families say
“Thank you so much Challenge Island for making learning fun, challenging and engaging for our students year after year. Your onsite field trips are brilliant and a pleasure to watch! Please let me know if you have a Google review link, I would be more than happy to write a 5-star review! If there were more stars, I'd gladly give them to you!” — Happy Head of School
Last updated October 31, 2026.
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